The Development of Knowledge, Technology and Management of Rice Marketing in Chai Nat Province

Abstract

     The objectives of this research were: 1) to initiate a spatial research implementation according to practical needs of the community; 2) to develop the spatial research management system of Chandrakasem Rajabhat University for fostering knowledge, technology, and rice marketing management in Chai Nat Province; and 3) to enable researchers of Chandrakasem Rajabhat University and local researchers from the community to become spatial researchers. The target groups comprised of researchers of Chandrakasem Rajabhat University and local researchers from 3 communities in Chai Nat Province as follows: 1. Ban Don Sak, Huai Ngu Subdistrict, Han Kha District, 2. Ban Hua Taphan District, Phraek Si Racha Subdistrict Sankhaburi, and 3. Ban Khlong Ree, Huai Krot Sub-district, Sankhaburi District Chai Nat Province. This research was conducted based on community participation throughout networking and partnership between the university and local authorities and people in the community. The major conceptual frameworks to govern the study consisted of Area Based Collaboration (ABC) and Community Based Research (CBR) together with the seven-in-one research approach. In addition, the mechanism of supporting systems ranging from supporting, monitoring, to evaluating also accounted for the fruitful results of this research study.

     The results of the research are as follows. 1) There were some aspects of 6 projects under the operation of this spatial research that appeared to meet the needs of the community and could practically be implemented. 2) The establishment of spatial research management system of Chandrakasem Rajabhat University for fostering knowledge, technology, and rice marketing management in Chai Nat Province could be accomplished. 3) The research management system implemented in this study helped enable 18 researchers from Chandrakasem Rajabhat University and 60 local community researchers to become spatial researcher.